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Exame/IDEIA: 90 Percent of Brazilians Wanted Emergency Aid Maintained

Nine out of ten Brazilians want the emergency aid to be maintained. For 53 percent, the benefit should be maintained...

September 2, 2020

Covid-19: São Paulo Will Suspend Entire Classrooms If Any Students Test Positive

Yesterday, September 1st, the São Paulo government published a number of resolutions in the Federal Gazette for the return to...

September 2, 2020

Bolsonaro Announces Four Monthly Payments of R$300 Emergency Aid Benefit

On Tuesday, September 1st, President Jair Bolsonaro announced that the Emergency Aid will amount to R$300 (US$60) for another four...

September 2, 2020

Covid-19: Brazil Reports 1,200 New Deaths and 42,600 New Cases (September 1st)

In the past 24 hours, 1,215 deaths were recorded due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

September 2, 2020

Over 200,000 People in Latin America Have Been Victims of Enforced Disappearance

On August 30th, from Mexico to Argentina, relatives and human rights organizations remembered the subcontinent's violently disappeared. According to the...

September 2, 2020

Bolsonaro Proposes 2021 Minimum Wage of R$1,067 – No Real Increase

The Jair Bolsonaro government has submitted a proposal to Congress for a minimum wage of R$1,067 (US$213) in 2021, leaving...

September 1, 2020

Hunger Threatens to Kill More People Than Coronavirus in 2020

The world is heading toward an unprecedented hunger crisis. The number of hungry people in 2020 may exceed the previously...

September 1, 2020

Ministry of Health Appoints Veterinarian to Head Brazilian Immunization Program

The interim Minister of Health, General Eduardo Pazuello, appointed veterinarian Lauricio Monteiro Cruz to coordinate the National Immunization Program, according...

September 1, 2020

Army Officer Murdered in Front of Family in Rio de Janeiro Suburb

Army Petty Officer Bruna Carla Borralho Cavalcante de Araújo was murdered in front of her husband, sister, and nephews during...

September 1, 2020